Written by

Laura Newberry
laura.newberry@indystar.com

Two American business icons made an appearance Monday at the ribbon-cutting for GEICO's customer service center in Carmel. One was a big green gecko. The other was billionaire Warren Buffett.

GEICO announced March 18 that it would open a service center at 101 W. 103rd St. and bring 1,200 new jobs to the city. Buffett joined Gov. Mike Pence and GEICO executives for the morning event.

"I've been associated with GEICO for more than 25 percent of the country's history," the business magnate said to community business leaders, reporters and a sea of GEICO employees sporting green and blue polo ...